Title attribute in a link tag should be descriptive enough to help normal and difable–differently-abled–people. The title attribute is a place to put additional information. Because it only works on mouse hover. Mouse dependant. Not fully accessible.

If we have already a descriptive enough anchor text, do we need title attribute? Then put the same information as in anchor text? Duplicated information is useless.

Too bad, WordPress by default, still have many duplicated title attribute, automatically placed. There are some solutions. Try to remove some title attributes using plugin, edit manually, put it into theme’s function, or drop-off that feature and let users choose the opt-in. :)

[…] Redundant title attribute (Dani Iswara .com) sounds bad for screen reader users. Additional information should be placed inside that element properly. Do not put an important information into it. The (fancy) tooltip is mouse dependant. Therefore, it is not fully accessible. Furthermore, the fact, title attribute usually has the same text as in anchor link. […]